Country Russia Administrative center town of Belogorsk Rural localities 36 Founded 4 January 1926 | Federal subject Amur Oblast Rural settlements 13 Area 2,591 km² | |
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Belogorsky District (Russian: Белогорский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty in Amur Oblast, Russia. The area of the district is 2,591 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Belogorsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 20,052 (2010 Census); 23,848 (2002 Census); 28,648 (1989 Census).
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Map of Belogorsky District, Amur Oblast, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Belogorsky District is one of the twenty in the oblast. The town of Belogorsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an urban okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Belogorsky Municipal District. Belogorsk Urban Okrug is incorporated separately from the district.